Airport Extreme Replacement Card - Mac Pro G5

I have an early Mac Pro G5 dual and just added the Apple M8881 Airport Extreme replacement card. Did not receive any software (driver?) with it. I am running Mac OSX 10.4. The only download I see for this card is for 10.3. The computer sees the card but the card sees no signals. Antenna, including the "T" antenna on rear of tower seems to be all ok. Any suggestions?

Duane,
That's what I thought, thanks. If I put the computer right next to the base station, I get a very weak signal. When I unplug the "T" antenna, the signal does not drop. When I unplug the cable to the "T" antenna, the signal does not drop. When that close to the base station, some signal must be getting directly into the card. The problem must obviously be with the antenna jack and I will be returning the card for a replacement.
Thanks for your help.
Jack

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